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CVE-2009-3051
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client_entry.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10,…
High7.5EPSS 4.8%
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Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client_entry.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client before 1.1.8, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a nickname field, related to the (1) silc_client_add_client, (2) silc_client_update_client, and (3) silc_client_nickname_format functions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (15)
- ADV-2009-2150 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090831 CVE id request: silc-toolkit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 36134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_client.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/docs/release/SILC%20Client%201.1.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090903 Re: CVE id request: silc-toolkit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-1879 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 35940 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Client%201.1.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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